Mariano Hood (born 14 August 1973) is a retired left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles.

Mariano Hood
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1973-08-14) 14 August 1973 (age 51)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2009
PlaysLeft-handed
CoachDaniel Orsanic
Prize moneyUS$847,665
Singles
Career record4–7
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 153 (15 May 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (1999)
French OpenQ1 (2000)
WimbledonQ2 (2000)
US OpenQ2 (1999)
Doubles
Career record170–149
Career titles13
22 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 20 (27 October 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2002, 2005)
French OpenQF (2003, 2005)
Wimbledon2R (2004, 2005)
US Open3R (2003)

In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won US$806,888 in earnings and was coached by Daniel Orsanic. He won his first doubles title in Santiago, Chile, in 1998 and Palermo in 2005 was his last title. On October 27, 2003, Hood reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 20. He partnered either Sebastián Prieto or Lucas Arnold Ker to win most of his doubles titles, although he did have other partnerships as well.

Hood was banned by the ITF of the illegal use of Finasteride after he had made the French Open quarterfinals in 2005.[1] He thus planned to retire from the professional circuit. However, Hood made a comeback in 2008. He last played on the tour in 2009.

2008 comeback

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In his first tournament of the year, he went to the semifinals with José Acasuso at the 2008 Copa Telmex. A week later, Hood teamed with Eduardo Schwank to win the Santiago, Chile, Challenger on the ITF Men's Circuit. After two weeks' early losses alongside fellow Argentine partners in Challenger tournaments, he teamed with Guillermo Coria to reach the Naples Challenger semifinals, and then with Luis Horna to reach the Monza Challenger semifinals. Directly after this, he won a second title, at Chiasso located in Switzerland with Alberto Martín in a Challenger event. Two weeks later, a third Challenger triumph arrived with a victory over Marc Fornell and Caio Zampieri alongside Guillermo García López. After a few more tournaments, he received a wildcard entry with Rafael Nadal at the 2008 Queen's Club Championships.[2]

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (13–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (13–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (13–11)
Indoors (0–2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1996 San Marino, San Marino Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Pablo Albano
  Lucas Arnold Ker
1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1998 San Marino, San Marino Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Jiří Novák
  David Rikl
4–6, 6–7
Win 1–2 Nov 1998 Santiago, Chile Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Massimo Bertolini
  Devin Bowen
7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win 2–2 Aug 1999 San Marino, San Marino Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Petr Pála
  Pavel Vízner
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–2 Oct 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Lan Bale
  Alberto Martín
6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Sep 2000 Bucharest, Romania Clay   Devin Bowen   Alberto Martín
  Eyal Ran
6–7, 1–6
Win 4–3 Feb 2001 Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Martín Rodríguez
  André Sá
6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Feb 2001 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Tomás Carbonell
  Lucas Arnold Ker
4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 4–5 Feb 2001 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Tomás Carbonell
  Lucas Arnold Ker
7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win 5–5 Feb 2003 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay   Agustín Calleri   František Čermák
  Leoš Friedl
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win 6–5 Feb 2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Lucas Arnold Ker
  David Nalbandian
6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–6 Apr 2003 Estoril, Portugal Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Max Mirnyi
1–6, 2–6
Win 7–6 May 2003 Valencia, Spain Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Brian MacPhie
  Nenad Zimonjić
6–1, 6–7(7–9), 6-4
Loss 7–7 Jul 2003 Båstad, Sweden Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Simon Aspelin
  Massimo Bertolini
7–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win 8–7 Sep 2003 Palermo, Italy Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   František Čermák
  Leoš Friedl
7-6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Loss 8–8 Oct 2003 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i)   Lucas Arnold Ker   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
4–6, 2–6
Win 9–8 Feb 2004 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Federico Browne
  Diego Veronelli
7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–4
Loss 9–9 May 2004 Barcelona, Spain Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Mark Knowles
  Daniel Nestor
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 10–9 May 2004 St. Poelten, Austria Clay   Petr Pála   Tomáš Cibulec
  Leoš Friedl
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 11–9 Sep 2004 Bucharest, Romania Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   José Acasuso
  Óscar Hernández
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 12–9 Oct 2004 Palermo, Italy Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Gastón Etlis
  Martín Rodríguez
7–5, 6–2
Loss 12–10 Oct 2004 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i)   Lucas Arnold Ker   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
6–7, 2–6
Loss 12–11 Apr 2005 Valencia, Spain Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Fernando González
  Martín Rodríguez
4–6, 4–6
Loss 12–12 May 2005 Sankt Pölten, Austria Clay   Martin Damm   Paul Hanley
  Lucas Arnold Ker
3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–13 Jul 2005 Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Tommy Robredo   José Acasuso
  Sebastián Prieto
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 13–13 Oct 2005 Palermo, Italy Clay   Martín García   Mariusz Fyrstenberg
  Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 2 (0–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1999 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay   Juan Carlos Ferrero 3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2000 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Agustín Calleri 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 38 (22–16)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (22–16)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (21–14)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1996 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay   Martín Rodríguez   Gheorghe Cosac
  Dinu-Mihai Pescariu
6–7, 1–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1997 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Cristian Brandi
  Filippo Messori
6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win 2–1 Aug 1997 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Egberto Caldas
  Adriano Ferreira
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win 3–1 Oct 1997 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Kris Goossens
  Jimy Szymanski
6–2, 6–1
Loss 3–2 Nov 1997 Palmar, Puerto Rico Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Lucas Arnold Ker
  Daniel Orsanic
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win 4–2 Dec 1997 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Diego del Río
  Mariano Puerta
7–5, 6–1
Loss 4–3 Mar 1998 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard   Sebastián Prieto   David DiLucia
  Michael Sell
6–7, 4–6
Win 5–3 Apr 1998 Nice, France Challenger Clay   Devin Bowen   André Sá
  Mariano Puerta
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win 6–3 Mar 1999 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard   Sebastián Prieto   Lucas Arnold Ker
  Daniel Orsanic
6–2, 7–6
Win 7–3 Jun 1999 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Emanuel Couto
  Bernardo Mota
6–2, 6–0
Loss 7–4 Jul 1999 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay   Diego del Río   Albert Portas
  Germán Puentes Alcañiz
4–6, 0–6
Loss 7–5 Oct 1999 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Jaime Oncins
  Daniel Orsanic
2–6, 2–6
Loss 7–6 Oct 1999 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Pablo Albano
  Martín García
6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 7–7 Jun 2000 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Martín Rodríguez   Alberto Martín
  Eyal Ran
6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Win 8–7 Oct 2000 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Tomas Behrend
  Germán Puentes Alcañiz
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 8–8 Jun 2001 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Devin Bowen   Andrea Gaudenzi
  Sander Groen
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 8–9 Oct 2001 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Diego del Río   Agustín Calleri
  Edgardo Massa
7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win 9–9 Nov 2001 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Gastón Etlis   Diego del Río
  Martín Vassallo Argüello
walkover
Win 10–9 May 2002 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Edgardo Massa   Luis Horna
  Sebastián Prieto
7–5, 6–1
Loss 10–10 May 2002 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Karol Beck
  Jaroslav Levinský
6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 10–11 Jun 2002 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   František Čermák
  Ota Fukárek
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 11–11 Jun 2002 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Luis Horna   Petr Luxa
  František Čermák
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 11–12 Jul 2002 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Edwin Kempes
  Martin Verkerk
4–6, 4–6
Win 12–12 Oct 2002 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Luis Horna   Álex López Morón
  Albert Portas
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 13–12 Oct 2002 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Emilio Benfele Álvarez   Karsten Braasch
  Peter Nyborg
7–5, 6–3
Win 14–12 Nov 2002 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto   Luis Horna
  Sergio Roitman
6–3, 6–4
Win 15–12 May 2003 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Simon Aspelin
  Todd Perry
6–1, 6–3
Win 16–12 Jul 2003 Košice, Slovakia Challenger Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
  Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
2–1 ret.
Win 17–12 Jun 2004 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Alberto Martín
  Óscar Hernández
6–0, 6–4
Win 18–12 Mar 2008 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Eduardo Schwank   Brian Dabul
  Jean-Julien Rojer
6–3, 6–3
Win 19–12 Apr 2008 Chiasso, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Alberto Martín   Fabio Colangelo
  Marco Crugnola
4–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–9]
Win 20–12 May 2008 Rabat, Morocco Challenger Clay   Guillermo García López   Marc Fornell Mestres
  Caio Zampieri
6–3, 6–2
Loss 20–13 Jun 2008 Reggio Emilia, Italy Challenger Clay   Leonardo Mayer   Yu Xinyuan
  Zeng Shaoxuan
3–6, 4–6
Loss 20–14 Jul 2008 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Eduardo Schwank   Rameez Junaid
  Philipp Marx
6–7(7–9), 6–4, [7–10]
Win 21–14 Aug 2008 Como, Italy Challenger Clay   Alberto Martín   Guillermo Hormazábal
  Antonio Veić
6–1, 6–4
Win 22–14 Sep 2008 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Juan Pablo Brzezicki   Rameez Junaid
  Philipp Marx
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 22–15 Oct 2008 Asunción, Paraguay Challenger Clay   Martín García   Leonardo Mayer
  Alejandro Fabbri
5–7, 4–6
Loss 22–16 Jan 2009 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard   Horacio Zeballos   Leonardo Mayer
  Carlos Berlocq
6–7(1–7), 3–6

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R A A A 1R 0 / 8 2–8 20%
French Open 3R 3R 1R 1R 3R QF 2R QF A A A A 0 / 8 13–8 62%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R A A A A 0 / 8 2–8 20%
US Open 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 8 5–8 38%
Win–loss 2–3 3–4 1–4 0–4 3–4 5–4 3–4 5–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 32 22–32 41%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami 3R 1R 2R 1R A 1R 2R 2R A A A A 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Monte Carlo A A A Q2 A A 1R 2R A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Rome A A A 2R A 2R 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Hamburg A A A Q1 A A 2R 2R A A A NMS 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Madrid Not Masters Series A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–6 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 18 10–18 36%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Anti-Doping – Press Release – Decision in the case of Mariano Hood". ITF Tennis. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  2. ^ Queen's Club doubles draw
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